“Right defeated is stronger than evil triumphant.”
Source: The Radical King
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Famous Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
Source: The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.:
“Cowardice asks the question, is it safe?”
Source: The Role of the Behavioral Scientist in the Civil Rights Movement
Source: A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings
“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.”
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.”
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.”
Source: A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings
“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'”
Source: Strength to Love
“We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.”
Source: The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.:
Source: Why We Can't Wait
“If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.”
Source: The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr
“A riot is the language of the unheard.”
Source: MLK on
“We are not makers of history. We are made by history.”
Source: A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings
“Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.”
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.”
Source: The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.:
“True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.”
Source: Dream: The Words and Inspiration of Martin Luther King, Jr
“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.”
“Through violence, you may murder the hater, but you do not murder the hate.”
“Lord help me to see M. L. King as M. L. King in his true perspective.”